And the shrubbery maze thickens

[mtlinscomb]

Where do you get all that from my post? My point is, both sites are baldly partisan, period.

What source these days isn't partisan? The slant of the source doesn't eliminate his own admission on the topic in the book he wrote.

 

[TooFarTampa]

What source these days isn't partisan? The slant of the source doesn't eliminate his own admission on the topic in the book he wrote.

Did you enjoy the book?

 

[Rita]

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Appears it may be a battle between the right-wing talking heads to top each other:
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"Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities. Teachers back then had little training or guidance about this kind of thing. All teachers should have a basic level of preparedness. I would like to see the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools play a bigger role in helping to prepare teachers." - Jennings

" ............. In July, the anti-gay Family Research Council (FRC) launched its "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign. If you have any doubts about their motivation, look no further than this statement from FRC Vice President for Public Policy (and author of FRC's anti-Jennings talking points) Peter Sprigg: "I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than to import them into the United States because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."

There's no getting around it -- the far-right doesn't like Kevin Jennings because he's gay, and they won't stop until they have ruined the reputation of a good man with a long record of service. "Destructive to society," indeed."
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Blog | Media Matters Action Network

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[kkddbb]

So how is linking to a page at the Washington Examiner website any different? Both are baldly partisan sites.

comparing the examiner to think progress is comparing apples to oranges. the examiner has been bias in the past, but think progress is a smear machine not a news outlet. they are up there with media matters and the huff post. at least media matters admits they are a liberal smear machine.

 

[kkddbb]

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Appears it may be a battle between the right-wing talking heads to top each other:
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"Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities. Teachers back then had little training or guidance about this kind of thing. All teachers should have a basic level of preparedness. I would like to see the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools play a bigger role in helping to prepare teachers." - Jennings

" ............. In July, the anti-gay Family Research Council (FRC) launched its "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign. If you have any doubts about their motivation, look no further than this statement from FRC Vice President for Public Policy (and author of FRC's anti-Jennings talking points) Peter Sprigg: "I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than to import them into the United States because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."

There's no getting around it -- the far-right doesn't like Kevin Jennings because he's gay, and they won't stop until they have ruined the reputation of a good man with a long record of service. "Destructive to society," indeed."
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Blog | Media Matters Action Network

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media matters? rite, come on! you cant be serious????

i go there every single day for pure comical relief. ill hear something from someone on a network and will go on media matters within hours to read an entirely different piece of what that person says. how can one get information on the world around them when a smear blog is where they go for that information? thats like saying youll learn something from olby

its all becoming more clear now... explains alot.

 

[mtlinscomb]

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Appears it may be a battle between the right-wing talking heads to top each other:
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"Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities. Teachers back then had little training or guidance about this kind of thing. All teachers should have a basic level of preparedness. I would like to see the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools play a bigger role in helping to prepare teachers." - Jennings

" ............. In July, the anti-gay Family Research Council (FRC) launched its "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign. If you have any doubts about their motivation, look no further than this statement from FRC Vice President for Public Policy (and author of FRC's anti-Jennings talking points) Peter Sprigg: "I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than to import them into the United States because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."

There's no getting around it -- the far-right doesn't like Kevin Jennings because he's gay, and they won't stop until they have ruined the reputation of a good man with a long record of service. "Destructive to society," indeed."
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Blog | Media Matters Action Network

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the fact that two males were involved is not of importance in this matter. having sex with a minor was illegal 21 years ago, and this man did nothing to stop the sexual abuse of a minor. not the right guy to be the safe schools czar - period! pick someone without a f'd up past, why is that so hard...or is it that most of obama's friends have a disturbing past???

 

[Rita]

media matters? rite, come on! you cant be serious????

i go there every single day for pure comical relief. ill hear something from someone on a network and will go on media matters within hours to read an entirely different piece of what that person says. how can one get information on the world around them when a smear blog is where they go for that information? thats like saying youll learn something from olby

its all becoming more clear now... explains alot.

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"olby and his pals, coolaid, mslsd, indoctrinated, , respectfully .... "
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Got anything else? ..


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[kkddbb]

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"olby and his pals, coolaid, mslsd, indoctrinated, , respectfully .... "
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Got anything else? ..


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truth hurts sometimes.....

 

[Matt J]

EDITORIAL: At the president's pleasure - Washington Times#

According to Mr. Jennings' own description in a new audiotape discovered by Fox News, the 15-year-old boy met the "older man" in a "bus station bathroom" and was taken to the older man's home that night. When some details about the case became public, Mr. Jennings threatened to sue another teacher who called his failure to report the statutory rape "unethical." Mr. Jennings' defenders asserted that there was no evidence that he was aware the student had sex with the older man.
However, the new audiotape contradicts this claim. In 2000, Mr. Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes homosexuality in schools. On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is reinforced by Mr. Jennings' own description in his 1994 book, "One Teacher in 10." In that account, the teacher boasts how he allayed the student's concerns about the relationship to such a degree that the 15-year-old "left my office with a smile on his face that I would see every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he graduated."
Mr. Jennings' denials about these events reveal a lack of remorse. He has not admitted that he made mistakes in this case, and he now refuses to answer any questions about the scandal. Don't forget, this is a presidential appointee we're talking about. Mr. Obama should make clear what his standards are for public servants serving at the pleasure of the president. Encouraging and covering up man-boy sexual activity are serious offenses. The White House should force Mr. Jennings to come clean.

Actually they support tolerance in schools. Of course in the right wingers mind any mention of homosexuality is promotion.

 

[TooFarTampa]

According to the yes, also-baldly-partisan Media Matters, the former student in question has come forward, issued a statement and a copy of his license, which has been heavily redacted but confirms that he was 16 at the time. 16 is and was the age of consent in Massachussetts.

Jennings' attorney also issued a statement back in 2004 that the student was not underage. It is available on the Web and could get the attorney in some trouble if it is not true.

Here is the student's statement:

EXCLUSIVE: Statement from former student at center of Fox-fueled Jennings controversy | Media Matters for America

If the person who came forward is a liar, I am sure we will know soon enough.